{"id":2107,"date":"2011-04-29T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/want-to-be-like-atlanta.html"},"modified":"2011-04-29T12:34:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T16:34:55","slug":"want-to-be-like-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/want-to-be-like-atlanta.html","title":{"rendered":"Want to be like Atlanta?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nI ran across some interesting information at\n<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.lungusa.org\/\"> The American Lung Association <\/a>\nweb site about\n<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.stateoftheair.org\/2011\/states\/georgia\/\">\nthe state of air quality.<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/nge\/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-1672\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/media_content\/m-1672.jpg\"  >\n<\/a>\n<p>\nThere were several things that jumped out at me right away.\n<ul>\n<li>\nFirst, Lowndes County doesn&#8217;t even have a device for monitoring\nozone levels.  We need to get one.\n<li>\nSecond, on particulate emissions, Lowndes County gets a &#8220;B&#8221;.\nFulton County gets an &#8220;F&#8221;, Dekalb gets an &#8220;F&#8221;, Cobb gets &#8220;D&#8221; and\nClayton gets &#8220;C&#8221;.  Horrifyingly, Douglas, Fayette, Henry and Rockdale\nCounties don&#8217;t even have particulate monitors.\n<li>\nThird, over one third of the population of Lowndes County falls into\nthe two vulnerable categories of &#8220;Over 65&#8221; or &#8220;Under 18&#8221;.\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nDo the leaders of our area really want us to\nbe like the Atlanta area? Do we want to poison our children,\nour parents and our grandparents with dirty air?\nDirty air leads to both lung and cardiovascular disease.\n<p>\nWhat are a few of things we could do to keep our air clean?\n<ul>\n<li>\nWe could transition to clean energy sources like solar.\n<li>\nWe could develop public transportation.\n<li>\nWe could become active in our community and attend public meetings\nto let our leaders know what issues are important to us and that\nwe want to be involved in decisions regarding development, industry\nand environmental stewardship.\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n-Gretchen\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I ran across some interesting information at The American Lung Association web site about the state of air quality. There were several things that jumped out at me right away. First, Lowndes County doesn&#8217;t even have a device for monitoring ozone levels. We need to get one. 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